Environmental Justice in San Francisco

The purpose of this page is to provide a resource detailing examples of environmental injustice in the San Francisco Area. We focused on the Bayview- Hunters Point area, a predominantly low-income neighborhood surrounded by an excess of industrial and polluting developments. The region has been recorded to have a heightened asthma rate, mostly due to air pollution and deficient residential ventilating systems. By looking at the governmental policies regarding Environmental Justice, and the results of these policies, we were able to evaluate the city's actions and propose potential further measures. We are focusing on several Environmental Justice issues: the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, the Potrero Hill and Hunters Point Power plants, the San Francisco Sewage System, Diesel pollution, and the general health impacts in Bayview/Hunters Point and Potrero Hill.